"Quand la religion et la royauté seront abattues, le peuple en viendra aux grands, après les grands il s'en prendra aux riches."
— Honoré de Balzac

January 1, 1970

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When religion and royalty are destroyed the people will attack the nobles; after the nobles, the rich. — Ch. V: The Alchemists